News.Com: Hewlett-Packard spends big to woo start-ups. "Traditional companies such as Sun, HP and IBM are eager to trot out start-up partners to demonstrate that they understand the Internet economy and deserve a place in it." HP is spending $1.5 billion on startups.

FYI, we contacted VA Linux for a discount on a new Linux server for Scripting News, but got the blowoff. Eventually we will cover servers here, as we have with the Qube, but the manufacturers haven't been helping much.

David Strom: The hidden privacy hazards of HTML Email. "Hidden inside those fancy, fun-with-fonts and link-filled messages are some sly ways of keeping track of who you are and what you do with this information."

NY Times: Netscape Browser Faces a Changed World. "After saying little about Netscape over the last year, America Online is now talking up its benefits largely to combat the impression in Silicon Valley, reported in a number of published accounts, that Netscape is in disarray and a shell of its former self."